Chair.



No. 346,910.. .y PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

` G. E. Y GRUMP.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED TBB. 23,1906.

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UNITED STATES GEoRGE .ELDER CRUMP, or s'PoKANE, WASHINGTON.

CHAIR. i

To all whom 'it muy concern:

' Be it known that I, GEORGE ELDER CRI-JMP, residing at Spokane, in thecounty of Spokane and v4State of Vashington, have invented a new andImproved Chair, of which the following is a spec-iiication.

My invention, which relates generally to improvements in chairs, seeksto provide an improved bedroom or bachelor chair, more especiallydesigned to 'serve as a coat, vest, and trousers hanger andtrousersstretcher; and it comprehends generally an ordinary type ofchair having its back provided with means for. supporting a coat andvest over the top thereof in the manner in which the ordinarycoat-hanger supports the same and for supporting the trousers over theback of the chair with the upper and lower parts thereof clamped,whereby the same may be readily sustained in a stretched condition.

My invention in its more complete nature embodies a special constructionof chair-top designed for sustaining a coat or vest in its roerly-spread state and a clamping memlier iineed to the back for engagingand holding thebleg portions of the trousers combined with a clampdevice on the bottom part of the chair for gripping and holding the bodyportion of the trousers.

Furthermore, my invention consists in certain details of constructionand peculiar combination of plarts, hereinafter described, pointed outin t e claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved chair, showing the mannerin which the coat and trousers are hung thereon. Fig. 2 is a rear -viewof the chair, showing the trousers hung thereon and stretched, the

hinged trousers-clamp being shown raised in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is afront perspective view of the upper end of a chair constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the back ofthe chair and illustrating a slightly-modified construction of thehinged trousers-clamp. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 5 ofFig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the upper end ofthe chair onthe line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

In the ractical application of my invention the c 'iair-bodypropermay beof any of the approved ty es of chairs, such as are usually found inbedrooms, the difference in structure being in the upper end of thechair- Speccation of Lettera Patent.

Application filed February 23, 1906. Serial No. 302,605.

Patented larchl, 1907.

bach, which is higher than the ordinary chair.

In the simplest form of my invention the top rib or cross member a iswider than the ordlnaryfchar-top and its upper part a. is convened andis shaped in plan'and side vlew slmilar to an ordinary coat-hanger, withits ends, a.2 a.2 projected beyond the sides of the chair-back B', sothat' aV coat/or vest can be readily hung thereon without wrinkling orgetting out of its proper shape.

At a suitableV point below the upper or coat-hanging edge the crossribhas a horizontal recess c3, through which the lower end of thetrousers-le s ma be readily slipped, and on the back o the ri a is hined a clamping member b, which in the simp est form, as illustrated inFig. 3, is of a single piece with its lower edge b3 concaved, whereby tobe in a plane parallel with the convexed face of the recess aa when theclamp is down, and the said lower end is covered with cloth, felt, orother yielding material whereby to form a tight grip on the trouserswhen closed down against the same, as shown in Fig. 2, by referencevto'which it will also be noticed the upper edge l5 of the clamp b isshaped to conform with the upper edgeof the chair, whereby to be in theplane of said edge when adjusted as iii-Fig. 2. The member b is hin edat b 7 to the chair-back, and the other end as a detent b4 to engage acatch b5, whereby to be firmly held to its locked position when swung4down to clamp the trousers-legs, as shown.

Instead of making the member b of one piece and covering its clampingedge with a yielding material the said member may be made of two piecesand the lower or clam ini-piece l2", as shown in Fig. 4, joined to t eot er by the coiled spring c c.

So far as described it-will be readily apparent that by forming theupper part of a chair in the manner shown the coat can be easily hungover the back of the chair and sustained in a smooth and proper shape,the same as it is held when supported on the ordinary closet-hanger,and, furthermore, the trousers can be positively ,suspended with theirbody or heavy end pendent, this maintaining the coat and trousers in agood shape with but slight care required in hanging them on the chair,and when desired to hold the trousers stretched it is only necessaryafter the leg ends have been clam ed to secure the lower or body portionon t e lower part of lOO the chair, which in myv construction of chaircan be easil accomplished by 4slipfing the body part o the trousersbetween t e cross baror rung as and the hinged clamp-bar a, that eoaetstherewith, in the manner clearly illustrated by Fig. 5.

Having thus described myinventiom what 'I claim is 1. As an improvementin chairs, a back member therefor whose up er orl cross piece has ahorizontal recess a apted to receive] one end of a garment and aclamping member mounted on lthe back of said cross-piece for engagingone part of the garment and clamping its end 1n. the said recess, and aclamping means on the lower part of the chair for engaging another partvof the garment. f v

2. In a chair of the character described,

the combination with the recessed back l piece; of the clamp memberwhose lower edlge e 1s straight, said member bein hinged tot back pleceto swing down witg its lower edge in the plane of the recess in the backpiece, a detent for holdi it to its down position, said lower edge E?the clamp member being yielding with 4respect to the recess in thechair-back, for the purposes described.

3. The combinatlon with the recessed back member; of the clamp membercomprising a main portion hinged atone end to the recessed back piece, alower portion, and coiled spring connections for joining the u per andlower ortions, and a detent on t e chairback fbx' locking theelampmember to its clamping'position, as set forth.

GEORGE ELDER CRUMP. Witnesses:

N. E. NUzUM, EDGAR G. RIsTE.

